Specifications

Searching for fonts
In addition to previewing fonts, Panther makes it easy to quickly find the fonts you
need, even if you use dozens of fonts. You can search for fonts by their family name,
such as Helvetica or Times, or by the typeface name, such as Bold, Condensed, or
Italic. The latter can be very useful for finding the right style of font even if you don’t
know the name. In the example below, a search for Bold shows only those families
and typefaces with fonts that are bold.
Building and managing Font Book collections
Once you have all of your fonts installed, you’re ready to get organized and save time
by making font collections. Mac OS X provides several collections to get you started.
All Fonts collection
The default collection of fonts on your system is All Fonts. This collection shows all
the fonts that Font Book can control on your computer, whether they’re installed in
your private directory, shared with all users of your Mac, or shared with everyone on
the network. This collection is special because it displays fonts no matter where they
are stored on your system or who can access them.
• User. These fonts are installed in a user’s /Library/Fonts folder. They are available only
to that user.
• Computer. These fonts are installed in either /System/Library/Fonts or /Library/Fonts.
They are shared with all users of the Mac.
• Network. If you are on a network with a server that shares fonts, then these fonts
appear in the All Fonts collection.
Note that Font Book is designed to manage fonts that are in approved Mac OS X
system locations. It does not affect application-specific fonts.
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